Monday, November 1, 2010

Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread Cake

I love apples and I love gingerbread, so I thought I would give this recipe a try. It was quick, easy and very good.

Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread Cake

step 1:
1/4 C butter, melted
2 large apples, cored and sliced
1/4 C brown sugar (Wholesome sweeteners)

Pour butter into a 9 inch baking pan. Arrange the apples over the butter; sprinkle with brown sugar and set aside.

step 2:
1/4 C butter, softened
1/4 C oil
1/2 C molasses
1/4 C brown sugar
1/4 C white sugar
1/4 C maple syrup
1 egg
1 1/2 C white flour (Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 C barley flour
1 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
1 t ginger
1/2 t cloves
1/2 t salt
1/4 t nutmeg
3/4 C hot cider
Combine butter, oil, molasses, sugars, syrup and egg; mix well. Combine remaining dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with hot cider. Mix well and pour over apples.

Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes; turn oven down to 325 and bake another 7 - 10 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool 3-5 minutes before turning out on serving plate. (I left mine in the baking pan more than 5 minutes and it stuck a bit. So probably turning it out at 3 minutes would be good.)

Serve warm.
Yield: 9 servings.

Happy Baking!
~Michele

6 comments:

  1. This looks beyond scrumptious! After reading through your blog, it looks like you two live a beautiful life.

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  2. Thanks Linda! We do try to take in all of the beauty Northern MI has to offer. (and being the foodies that we are, that includes the wonderful produce, like the apples used in this cake.)

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  3. Oh that looks so good. And the cream on top!!!!!

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  4. I love apples and I love gingerbread too!! Just have to make this in the coming week...bet it was delicious. We used all our apples in chunky applesauce with cranberries and froze it but will get more soon. Will let you know how it turns out, okay.

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  5. Sue, Guess what ... it wasn't cream on top ... It's yogurt! I don't like cream, but Andy sure does!

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  6. Brenda,
    Oh, aren't apples and gingerbread just the best?!! I love them!

    I bet your applesauce with cranberries is really good! I like cranberries a lot too!

    Yes, let us know how you like this cake....

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